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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown